Wall Street Crash Collection

USA, New York, Manhattan, The Charging Bull sculpture near Wall Street Stock Exchange

A line of delivery trucks parked outside the Carolyn Laundry at 111 East 128th Street
MNY380816 A line of delivery trucks parked outside the Carolyn Laundry at 111 East 128th Street, East Harlem, New York, 1929 (silver gelatin print) by Byron Company (fl.1890-1942)

Delivery trucks parked outside the Carolyn Laundry at 111 East 128th Street, East Harlem
MNY380814 Delivery trucks parked outside the Carolyn Laundry at 111 East 128th Street, East Harlem, New York, 1929 (silver gelatin print) by Byron Company (fl.1890-1942)

Horsedrawn delivery wagons parked outside the Carolyn Laundry at 111 East 128th Street
MNY380815 Horsedrawn delivery wagons parked outside the Carolyn Laundry at 111 East 128th Street, East Harlem, New York, 1929 (silver gelating print) by Byron Company (fl.1890-1942)

USA, New York, Manhattan, Wall Street Stock Exchange, the facade with American flags attached

Crowd outside London Stock Exchange after fall of the Hatry Group, 1929. On 20 September 1929 trading in shares in British financier Clarence Charles Hatrys (1888-1965) company, the Hatry group

Clarence Hatry, failed British financier, 1929. On 20 September 1929 trading in shares in Clarence Charles Hatrys (1888-1965) company, the Hatry group, was suspended by the London Stock Exchange

Herbert Hoover, accepting the Republican nomination for the US presidency, 1928. Artist
Herbert Hoover, accepting the Republican nomination for the US presidency, 1928. After serving as Secretary of Commerce in the Republican administrations of Warren Harding

Herbert Hoover, 31st President of the United States, 1930s
President Herbert Hoover, 1930s. After serving as Secretary of Commerce in the Republican administrations of Warren Harding and Calvin Coolidge in the 1920s

Sub-Treasury, 1929, (1938). November 1929, the Sub-Treasury Building opposite the Wall Street Stock Exchange in Manhattan, New York, at the time of the Wall Street Crash

Wall Street, New York, 1869. Wall Street markets crash on Black Friday, 1869. Illustration from Adventures of America, 1857-1900, by John A Kouwenhoven, published by Harper & Brothers, (New York)

Scene from the film, The Wolf Of Wall Street
Hollywood, California: 1929. Brokers check the tape for daily prices in a scene from the film, The Wolf Of Wall Street, which opened just months before the crash in 1929

Headlines For Wall St. Crash
New York, New York: October 24, 1929. The Brooklyn Daily Eagle headlines for Black Thursday, the first day of the stock market crash of 1929

Scene From Bottoms Up
Hollywood, California: 1934. A scene from the Depression era movie, Bottoms Up

Crowds and police outside New York Stock Exchange
Crowds and police outside the New York Stock Exchange after the Wall Street Crash, 24 October 1929 - Black Thursday

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"The Wall Street Crash: A Devastating Blow to the American Economy" In the heart of New York City's bustling Manhattan, near the iconic Wall Street Stock Exchange, a sense of foreboding loomed. The Charging Bull sculpture stood tall and proud, unaware of the impending chaos that would soon engulf its surroundings. Outside Carolyn Laundry at 111 East 128th Street in East Harlem, a line of delivery trucks parked ominously. Horsedrawn wagons once occupied this space, symbolizing an era long gone. Little did they know that these vehicles would bear witness to one of the most catastrophic events in American history. Across town, at the Wall Street Stock Exchange facade adorned with fluttering American flags, traders hurriedly went about their business on that fateful day. Unbeknownst to them, just across the Atlantic Ocean in London, a crowd gathered outside the London Stock Exchange after witnessing the fall of Clarence Hatry's financial empire. Clarence Hatry himself was now infamous as a failed British financier in 1929. Meanwhile, Herbert Hoover had accepted his Republican nomination for US presidency back in 1928 with hopes for prosperity and stability. However, little did he know that his tenure as America's 31st President would be marred by economic turmoil during the bleak years of the early 1930s. Then came Thursday, October 24th, 1929 - forever etched into history as Black Thursday - when panic gripped Wall Street like never before. The stock market crashed mercilessly under its own weight and shattered dreams were left strewn across New York City. The aftermath was devastating; even The New York Times recorded stock-market listings on Wednesday, October 30th showing immense losses suffered by investors far and wide. As if frozen in time itself stands Sub-Treasury building from another era (1929-1938), silently bearing witness to this financial catastrophe.